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P RODUCT REVIE W BY FRANK BORELLI I have previously field tested ruggedized laptop computers and plenty of other "ruggedized" technology, but the Handheld ALGIZ 10X Rugged Tablet marks the first handheld computer—a tablet—that I've used and abused (that I can recall). I wasn't sure what to expect and really wondered if it would take what the published materials said it would. We are, after all, talking about a handheld tablet computer built (mostly) for law enforcement and military users. Let's be honest: to a cop or a soldier, everything is a hammer first, doorstop or paperweight second, and its actual primary design purpose third. I received a "rugged" ALGIZ 10X Tablet for field testing and had to adjust my outlook. Rugged Testing rugged Highlights from my day abusing the Algiz 10x tablet What image does the word bring to your mind? For me it brings forth mountain scenery with lots of boulders, big pine trees, cold foamy white water cascading over the rocks down the mountainside. That's "rugged" terrain. It also makes me think of vehicles built to be driven over such terrain, beaten and abused but still running and covering ground as big knobby tires chew up dirt and forest bed. What doesn't usually come to mind is a computer…of any kind; but now that's changed. To be honest, I was wary of testing this tablet. I was sure I was going to break it beyond repair. After all, I was allowed to get it wet, drop it, get it dirty, get it cold, get it hot, etc. The ALGIZ 10X's published material carefully details its capabilities as related to what "abuse" it would take and still function. My concern was that I would do drop tests with it and then do the immersion testing with it, only to find out that I'd somehow cracked the casing or dislodged a seal and then ruined it by getting water inside. Even if the amount of water that got inside the case was minimal, when I put it in the freezer (to test its ability to withstand cold extremes) or left it out to bake in the sun (other temperature Law Enforcement Technology 33